Ok, I'm tired of people arguing on "Who is the coolest" between Shadow and Knuckles. This is my say in it.

Yes I have to admit I DO like Shadow a teensy bit more than Knuckles...and Knuckles is harder for me to draw because of his dreadlocks

I think that that they are equally matched. I know SEGA has turned Knuckles into..sort of an idiot (I don't like how he's "Mr. Gullible" either.) and Shadow has a backstory that I really like. And I just really like Shadow, for almost everything.

He is pretty badass in the comics, but they are a different cannon. I meant in the games since they're the original. But he is still cool, just in a different way than badass. Knuckles is third place in my favorites, I do like him.

Yeah. I don't like how some Knuckles fans I've seen were saying they wished Shadow didn't exist because he ruined Knuckles. I don't find that to be true at all. They both have something that makes them awesome. For Knuckles, it's his being a powerful guardian to Angel Island and the Master Emerald, the relic that prevents the Chaos Emeralds from going out of control; For Shadow, it's his lineage of being the Ultimate Lifeform and having all those cool powers.

100% agreed.Although I like Knuckles' gullibility, it shows how much faith he has in the goodness of others and I always thought that was a really interesting characteristic for him to have.But yes, Knuckles and Shadow are both badass